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ArffiTS 1 PUBLIsSeD EVERY THUfeSDAV MORNING. ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AT THE pOHTomcn at Indian Spring, Ga. INDIAN SPRING, GA, MRCH 24,1881 LOCAL MATTER. News irt seldom, but eggs are numerous. i The voice of the coal-burner ling ?th on the air, and still we have lot railroad 1 , enough. The fact that a violin always has a •’neau does not make it specially mi t cd to „him music—Musical Herald. It is the universal Try all over the land tliat Kendall Spavin’Cure 5 is a positive cure Rcr dtho Advertisemet. Some one azy.i all things seem easy to the iu‘u.wti<( has never tried to do anything. —Philadelphia Chroni cle. ‘ > ' “Sad” Intelligence; Flat-irons have fallen —New York News. Ah Drop on your toes?— New • Haven Register. . . 1• . Love goes where it is sent.” Non seiicc ! It .mere often goes where it js dollai tJ.JWT v, here it is cent —Pos- ton Transcript*. - Translating from the Herman —Ks- orting’your girl home from the fash ionable dancing parti - j.uweil Cou rier. General Shu man, it is said, has subscribed twa‘thousand dollars for the Atlanta" fair. He hurut 11 k place once and now wants to heap five <oals <>n it. ■ mm++ • 4**. - il Richardson, Sac Vox Agenb y. [. * T.' says i—Tnc “Only Lung Pad” has restored me to health, and shall he glad to recommend it any hue. —See Advertiseement. * . . v •**_.. .. WANTED A good farm hand for winch cash will ne paid by the-’dav ivwk or lhontli. Ap ply at this office. mar.2l\Si-ti’ An exchange says that the eor *eet answer to the gentleman who wrote the song “Why did I nmr v?” would be-“ Because you livct a "oman who was a first-class fool.” v > v The under pinning of the mill he dging to old General Hendrick .as washed away lust week and the .fill house came very near going. Vo havs been informed that it noved several feel. 'l* FJH Lawson of cmi*town, will leave Thursday next, for Poughkeepsie New V, rk to take a course of studies in East nun busienqss College. Frank is one of v ’ e rising young men of bur town, and wish him success in his studies. The Ocmulgee river's been onan ‘ther “tair” and we have been in . rmed that “high water mark” was .o.'t sight of :he renort lurched us Tuesday cven . ; that jonu 4 io. was dying, >in relaps with lseasles. AVe hope to h-. ir of a change for inr ' batter, as we dder Johnnie a very industrious so :nd nice young man, and hope he ; *:T survive. ——— A.t Leesburg a man named Led" vzy went out fishing with another .-Into man and a negro at Mr. Saddler’s mid pond and the other returned' without him, and there to: e :oul play was suspected .find ;e :roh was institutau at once and he could not be found until the mill a cud was drained, was found with • - throat cut and one eye knocked knt T Ia explosion of another Meteor va 3 heard in the upper part of tins eoui.'y one evening last week. The was said to resemble the xpic -ion of a cannon in the ele ir.einS, and followed by a low nun bling ? ound as the echo died away 1:. trie distance, such reports b) a e’eer sky is very alarming and •.;e becoming np*b A frequent than : ' Slaughter passed our cilice -ho-other day with the pleasantest r.rnout we have seen in many a lay, “his fat plump little mule" carrvmg him and two sweet little i rose cheeked children, the little v! with her ringlets gud beaming countenance, and little Tom with His rosy cheeks the very emhody . tent of health, presented a picture j iat done us good to look at. AYe could hardly tell which was j •he happiest, Ike or the children or! Tie mule. Ike is an energetic j*r . eve ring fellow and deserves nr be aappv, and rye hope he will have 'life share of it through life* varhd scenes, rtdtoff *' ? n 1 i-> in another column, is a notice of of .the business nu n of pur • *i v 4 '.h !<*** *v *4&iur the expectation eP-imrestiir?“ our readers who are famihar with all otir titi?ens and their business but there is many who take the Argus who once resided in Middle Georgia, and have been trone Jfoi years, that take great pleasure in reading anything pertaining to our business &c, hence it is for their en tertainment jt is mainly written. j 0 nominate 'Ufic-nntendents of a School, in which youth of all parties arc to he educated and a judge whose usefulness must depend on hi- impartiality, upon strict party grounds and as tail to A party plat form kite is *)> thr nature of a shock in ' pul lie ’ndPenney Ifitbeadmitted ibat conventions are necessrv in r :neh o^e 1 - bor-ause canid area cannot he with any uppearmv- oi authority that admis sion carries with it no warrant of a party machine platform into the canvass.—Chicago dimes. 1 he Boston (tiobe says : “It seems probable that this Congress will take no action on the reapportiomnent of representatives in aec</rdance with the last census.*’ Speaker Randall considers the matter-dead for this session* ns the Re]ml>lcian minority indicates impossibility of securing a consideration of the hill The cause of this party opposition is that the New apportionment hill increases the number of Southern Congress men. No one even among the most stalwart members or organs of the party pretends to say that the census whoso accuracy L proved and un doubted, does not entitle tie South ern States to this increase j' but the attempt is to he made to reduce the number by partisan ihVthods, or lyih'itg ‘in this, to ‘hrj*ng‘ on a fac tional contest in the new Congress vln It spall inure to party advantage A GRFAT Cl RIOSITY. UC arc now opening a stock oi new goods in the Wrick building at'this office and lor the first time in. the history of this country, one new store is being opened I'nat don’t claim to bo tlie cheap est. I expect to try to keep a neat and staple little stock of goods, but we don d propose to offer any bait to any one, il unv one Inis any money to spend with me it will Ik* appreciated, all who arc so unfortunate as to base to pay time price- can get accomodations from the merchants of our town who arc ahlo to run on that line forlheprofits that is in it, hence no one will be inconvenced by our inability to credit them, we only ask our friends*to Jook at our goods In pas sing around and if the goods don’t “tit” the hole made by drawingout and hand out the money, no harm done. We till should seek tc do the’ best we and grant the same privi ledge to others. W. F. Smith. STARK LOCALS. The steam saw mill of ALL. Duke is now in tub Ljrifing out plank, the loud schriil notes oi’ the whistle and puffing steam sounds the music of the morning, while the low whiz of the saw coming in contact w’itli the sharp ringing sound of the anvil in jn Air. Sam Barbers new* shop gives life and an imation to, the “town,” While Charley Thornton goes quietly along surveying tow n lq'ts. and Mr. J. V. Preston drum? around for fresh mutton for liis eating saloon. Dock A' ancy says .everything is all right at stark and everything prog gressing except the “clock factory,” and that will he all right as soon * as LaFayette “gets his tools.” Mrs. Moore the most attentive post mistress in Georgia, is very much troubled by the non arrivals of mails, which have born so much obstructed by the heavy rains. cTARTNIG A PA PEE. One more unfortunate, Heedless of evil, Rashly importunate, Hone to the devil. Why any man, sane or insane, with a sound body and a chance to cultivate his neighbor’s watermelon patch and smokehouse after night, should ever want to be an editor is more than wv au mil. It is a conundrum that .-tumps us ns plumb as a sumac grub does a sore Tina or as a common sense question does an average American statesman. As for ii>, give us lib erty, or give it* a respectable death with an undistortod corpse and a good looking girl la kiss in for our mot Iter. Au -ditoi ’ Kwrpbodyb peeking blpek, scape goat and sway back mule. Ten thousand times one .millionth rather let us be a boot black, shim ney-s weep, pbnintentia rv bird or congressman ; be mud clerk on a coal barge, dt ek-hand in a tripe factory, engineer of a don key-power canal-boat, dairy-maid with an aged ox ami two he-goats as our stock in trade, or servant gal in a poor bouse or an orphan asy lum ; be a stock-gambler, railroad director, president of a usage ma chine, rag Vender, eharvoal-baw lor, governor sir darkey preacher: :nyt liing. i-veryi hiug hut an editor. Andyr; He re niv victims. self doomed, over ready to sar.iiHee tbemselvos bn the ink smeared al i ir of eidb‘>- ami thankless dmdir i rv i>i*ad \l 'Kill Ihdnfer • Man's a vsij.‘.r 1 all -.1 \v<• -. <;:m> I>A|K V. I p h> 1 Hb It A* t r * M M l TjG FL . I * j HIE GREATEsf VI.OOU EVER KNOWN [ tn rnv Mvr.n—frtr. rxrtt and Eli:bps ,i*K* C(ft SW KPT A WAY ANI) LIVE ■StogK LOST IW HUN - 1 RED'. Neve*’ in the of Yeeun bus tlie Gcmulgee raged and boiled with such fury on yesterday Its nat ural current was fumed into a flood dint swept by the city with the force of a deluge, The water flowed in an gry torrent that seemed determined to sweep away everything before it. Houses, cows, horses and other ani mals dashed by on the stormy bos om of the Ocmnlgoe like so' manv feathers. On Thursday, the 17th. the Oc rnulgee river, at this point rose near to the high watermark of the Har rison freshet -of March, 1841, and >n tlie dav following it was above that memorable mark and reached within an inch and a half of the great eentenial freshet of April, 187(>. On Thursday night the rise continued very heavily along the three tributary streams that from the river, which so increased the volume of water that it rose above the highest mark ever recorded bv our most “ancient and honorable” human aquatics, the water having risen three inches above the cen fceuial and eight inches above tlie Ha*rison mark. Friday night the cloiuls poured a perfect deluge upon the city and the very heavens seemed, as if they would be washed from their foun dations. This mightydijo'd of wa ter. of course, swelled the Oemul* gee greater’than’ever, so- with the coming of yesterday morning, the river presented a view never before seen in Maoon The water rolled up into the park; washing clear aen>ss the mi le track.' We* todk a drive through the park yesterday with Mr. Clay and found the water at the park gate nearly at'the hub of the wheel, while just behind the grand stand the Water came’ nearly into the biiggy. All the flower-beds are perfectly Submerge?l. ’ East Ma con, nearly to tlie’factory, is sub merged, while boat-houses, etc., have been swept away. Thousands of people visited tire river during the day, and many took boat rides where only the day before were houses and gardens. Such a sight has never has nevei before occurred in these parts in the receolleetion of the white men. Yesterday afternoon the waters began to fail, and Mo doubt during the night will recede a considerable distance. Much damage has been done in the Held’s along the river. The river lias been so full of wa ter tor so long a period as during the last four months, nor w as there ever so many freshets in one sea son along its course. The present freshet is the fourth one since last November, and each one is noted for its gaea-t volume of water. The Oemul gee takes its name from the Indian Uc or Qch, which signifies water, and Mulgee bubbling or boiling ; the name was applied from the many springs that were found along its Course and whose pure wa ters flowed into its channel. One of its tributaries heads in Fulton and file other two head in Gwinett county. The three streams unite about fifty miles above Macon, northv/est 'of Montlcello. Small boats oi fifty Pujs, more than fif ty years ago, navigated these tribu utaries. VI rihvorxo FOLKS. The hoys There coiue the boys ! 0 dear the noise, The whole house feels the racket; Behold the kuee of Harry’s pants, And weep o’er Bertiebs jacket. But never mind, if eyes keep bright, And limbs grow strait and limber; AA e'd rather lose the tree’s who bark Than find, unsound the timber! Now hear the tops and marbles roll? Tlu* floors—O, woe betied them ! And I must watch the banisters, For T knew boys who ride them? Look well as you descend the stairs, I often find them haunted By ghosty toys that make no noise, Just when their noise is wanted. The very chairs are tied in pairs. And made to prance and caper ; AVhat /- words are whittled out of sticks! AVhat bravo hats made of paper! The dinner hell peaks loud and well. To tell the milkman’s coining; And then the rush of “steam car trains” Sets all of our ears a humming. How oft I say* ‘‘What shall I du To keep these children quiet ?” If I could find a good receipt. I certainly should try it. Bur what to do with these wild hovs, And all their din and chatter, I- really quite a grave affair—• No laughing, trifling matter. “Bovswill be boys’ - —hi t not i.ok u>no: Ah, could we hear a limit us This thought—how very soon our Ik. vs Will learn to do without us! How soon hut tall and deep-voiced men Will gravely call us “Mother:’' Or we lx* stretching empty hands From this world to the other Aiofv gently we should chide the noise - Aful when night quells the racket, 'hitch in but loving thoughts and pravers. While uiending pant- and jaekeb - - OCR WHO TF,Y ARE. AND AVI!AT THEY • • ~ ARE DOING. The oMew man Id '<W fpwn is Mr. T. J. Saunders Esq.. he is sev enty tw’.* years old. and has been in march a utile business iorty nine years. lw bought goods in Charles ton and hauled them to Butts county m 1832, and has been more less inn rested in the t usiness ever since he lias sold goo 1 - at Jackson at Iron spring and Indian Spring he still iblW? Ills’ fi’vwim calling he has suffered some heavy loses, during his business, career, but lie has managed to-weather-the storms and by fair dealing .and strict adhe rence to sti'ictly honest has retained the full ccniiidenue ot all who know him. MTien Sherman made his “grand march i > the sea Air. S. was {aken from his home and held as a priso ner of war. and ; after a loborions march to the sea was shipped on board a prison ship to Point look out Midland, and- confined for some in that notorious place, and was released from there about the close of that eventful dra ma, to return home and Arid his fortune broken, and a large amount of security debt hanging, over him but with that energetic persevaranee •haraeteristie of the .Southern''peo ple- he lesumed his business and has met all the reverses >f Bank failures Arc, and still rpoves smoth Ivon in his business' of General Merchandise making a comfortable living and, we hope he will secure a competence for h.is declining years. DR. J. K. UR VAN'S. Dr. IF is the present Mayor of our town, and has for Councilmen our worthy citizens', R. J. Lawson, J. G. Daughtry Jesse-F. Cleveland and \\'. A. Elder jr. He is titty four years old and lias been tor tliirty-one years a practicing pliisi tion, in this county. A profession in which lie has feW if any Superi ors. He is the inventor and sole proprietor of a valuable medicine familiarly known as “Lemon Juice and Mineral Water. ' In connection with his practice he runs the bath house at the Spring and does a fine business in - that line, during the Summer season. The Dr. retains all the vigor of mind and body of 80 years ago and those who knew him then would find 'jut little change in him except the frosty hue that has erept intohis locks v He is one of our most pub lic, spaired citizens with a powerful energy and undantable wiil, with him t-owill a thing and preserve is to succeed, and w'hile he is very lenient and indulgent to those who may have business transactions with him, yet he never yields his point or relaxes his hold when forced in to litigation, is self reliant and often risks his Judgement instead of his books, in -treatment of his patients, is a good Judge of human nature and is seldom deceived in his conclusions, is charitable and sympathetic. hi]t obstinate stub born and unyielding, when drawn into controversy, loves fun for a short season but jests but little worships from a sence of duly more than from emotion. He has se emed a competence, but tvould have been a great deal better off financially if he had not engaged in any other business but his pro fession, although he is found of his profession hr- loves to experiment, in other branches of industry and. has in the last few r years been en gaged in tlie merchant!le business and farming. Does not engage in other persuits with a desire for gain so much as from a desire to employ his mind. During the time he has served in an official capicity as Mayor, his management of affairs has giv ensatisfactioii. and the most perfect order and quiet is preserved on our streets the scenes of disorder and profanity that disgraced our town a few months ago are things of the p;ist, and visitors tu our town may have no fear of being ex posed to scenes of Blackguard and drunken revelry in tlie future, Dr. Bryans motto is, tlie law must and shall be preserved. THE M UGH MORTGAGED MULE. We hear hi- hoot upon the hill. We hear his bray down m the vaie The lonely fields, the breaks andghns (Vive echo to bis mournful tale. He is coming, }ie is coming: tie* long-expected and much-mortgage tuple, upon every highway and by path is heating with slow and, measured tread, hi- weary journey to the city of Macon. True, he died last fall, ju.-t i.*?- forc the lien upon his lean frame fell due. went to protest under a burden of ills and quid drafts that broke Iris wind and tilled hi> I***l - sides with the -hurl, stub born: thumps that Betoken early decay. His frailed tlcsh was borne by i those body snatetircs —the vultures Idf the.air—into the ethereal regions that hang above the classic waters of Hog creek, which glides so peace fully through the primeval lVnxgt 01 second growth pine- and I*\ the sleepi ug fie Id -of old J one.-. -MwoWyto rrsT- ~tbr Htt*-first. - tit tie | since those far off dreamy days of i efrlthoofl. in the glades that sL'hst; ; the-(tart ‘waters of Bis Sandy in Tw iggs and Wilkinson. ]fe OVP. up the ghost- without a neigit, bv 11 >e flowery l>anks of To bosofkee, and in the race of life lie kicked his last kick and pawed Ids last paw. where the sainted steam of the beautiful Towaliga unites its comely waters -with the ancient Ocmulgee. He left this life less and cornless region to unite his destiny the hun gry spirits that had feebly trotted on before, hv- the turbid currents of Big Indian, that rolls its sluggish burden through the sandy plains of old Houston, .. He turned his sightless eyes tor the irtst tiiitc toward the glorious sun the heavens and to<dy up the solimm tramp to tin bright Elv si an fields, : Where the grass is ever green And the skies are ever blue. Where no mortgages are seen, And no drafts are ever due, on the sunny banks of Als abate hie, whose laughing waters pleasantly hail and cheerily hid adieu to the happy denizens of Crawford, who live in its smiling valleys. p The winds of spring lilow upon the graves "of the dead flowers and cal 1 them from under the sod to bud and bloom again, do.<harm our eyes with their rich • and varied hues and to gladden our senses with their sweet perfume, The son of Ham, with the voice of Etentor, speaks to the sleeping form of the dead mule,-and short s in his ear ‘hint de time oh etc sini id oh mortgages is cum and de smell oh guallnCr is all ober de land.” In .response to this mighiv sum mons lie wakes from his long re pose, moves by degrees his stiff ened Umbs. rises from his wdl-yforu couch, shakes the dust troivC his bristling coat, and from sheer habit and hv harsh coercion administer ed by his eriiel taskmaster, ! he ‘‘pass es under the rod’’ and" slowly takes up the line of mareh to the Mecca l of his annual | ilgrimage. There lie receives his usual valua tion, with an assumed name, and under the weight of accumulated mortgages turns Iris feet to the country once more.' there to spsnd a weary, hungry summer and to die again in autumn. — Cor. Teh A Messenger. SENSIBLE TALK FROM BROTH ER WOOHS OF THE HAWK itfsvjLLE S>tPp.VPC ft A few years ago I * saw a very lit tle mule being driven through one of our streets. Not having much horse scr-se in those days we asked some nian if lie supposed that little mule could make’ a crop. “Yes." said a healthy looking countryman, whom we didn’t know. “Yes, that critter could tend thirty acres easy. I know, for that was the year I plow ed on half rations. You see. I came to Hmv.kinsv.ille and tried to get somebody to run life, hut nobody Would do me the favcA, Well, I just went hack home and did the best I could. I worked on half rations— ploughed barefooted and had meat not more’n half the time. But I made a crop with that little mule, and at the end of the year I was not in debt, and blamed if] have ael:ed anybody for credit since that* day, either." And the nptn looked inde pendent. pin 1 had |ds hat turned hack, as much ns much ns sav that he had coni to sell and meat in his smokehouse. Now, we don’t mean to indorse the advice of that crude philosopher, Josh Riflings, who says, if you want to get rich get all you can, keep all you get, and eat w hat yo.u can’t sell. Neith er should we advise a man to stint his stomach or go naked to put mon ey in his pocket, or neglect the ed ucation o . his children that he may accumulate property and gather riches to leave them, but wo do <?av it—-and we don’t, mean any often.-.<3 to the farmer or any injury to the merchant who sells on time —we do say if the farmer must go naked arid starve lor one year, let him commence in 188 b; and a* the end of the perhaps lie will he iiide i pendent as the man who live - on BUILDERS* SUPPLY HOUSE (indistinct prTrFfj B. H. BROOM HEAD and; CO., Si?:<:e-eoi. LONGLEV and: ROBINSON, Office ai'l Warem an, A> DEC'ATUK. Street, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. DOORS. SASH, BLINDS, MOULDINGS. BRACKETS. STAIR RAIL . NEWELS. SCROLLS, BALUSTERS, BUILDERS' HARDWARE. NAILS, MIXED PAINT, 1 l RE WHITE LEAD, LIXbEED OIL, Coioxa.of ail Eind&, l)r> T and iu Oil GLASS; PUTTY, GLAiIERs ? POINTS, UAL SOMININL, PAPER BORDERo AND CENTERS. dm If • one little mule. There must be a change. The farmer cannot con tinue to pay from, forty to seventy 1 five per cent, interest for supplies for his farm. We can see no way for the farmer to make money n£ he buys his previsions at credit ; prices. It is better to run a onj? horse farm and keep out of debt than to run six plows and fall be hind at rife end of the year. It is better tf sow all extra land in oats rent it out, turn it out, sell it—any thing to avoid buying provisions or, credit prices, For bargains, in sash, doors blinds, and ail kinds of builder'.; supplies address B. H. Broomliead A Cos" successors to Longly A Holy inson Atlanta they will, by prompt attention to business and fair deal ing merit the patronage of the public'. See their ad in another, doluran. ■ NEW BAR! j have now opened mv new bar in the Mclntosh House at Indian' Spring ant am feadv t<~* serve the public, I will keep on hand the verv best and finest brands of liquors wines and-brandies the market affords, choice cigars Ac Mr. McCoK familiarly known as ‘‘Look” McCorfl will preside as ‘’mixologist” 1 will also continue to serve 1 the public at my bio stand in Jacks.on. . : • 4 tf A. J..RE ASTON, i.EoTTTToTTrbY IN CHAMBERS, do the Clerk qp the Huuerioe Court of Butts County*: * You arc hereby informed : that 1 wib not .hold the regular March Term of Butts? Superior Court commencing, next More dav on account of -it knds* in my 't’Ami !v. You will there foie adjourn the Court to the,.third Monday in June. next, to-wit: <2ofk day of .Tunc 1881 to be con.’ vened on that day at 10 o’oloek A. M. ■■ By order of.the Hoc JllO. D. Stewart Judce of said Court i . i). Watson. I ; . . • C'ierk 8.. ( ■ AriM.Tt'.VTIOK* KOI’ t,i:TTKRS Ol' niSMTSSION 4 State of Ceorgiit;'County of Butts. Whereas, HoiwH. Higgins, adminis trator of David I jiggins, represents to the court in hi* p tition, duly filed al and ente-’ re'dion record.' that he has fully aunffnis-- tered David • Biggin's estate:, This is ' therefore, fo cite all persons concerned, heirs and creditors, to show cause, if an y they can. why said administrate;: should not be discharged from his adrainistriri lion, and receive letters of dismission, or the iiVsi AlOndav in June 1881'.-This March the. 14 1881/ • ■ : - 1 '* * .! \*. F. (, AIiMK JIAKL. :’.m -Ordinary.' B. C. AR RLIC AT IQ N FOR PUBLIC ROAI. *i tv. (f ommissiohC's appointed having reported favorably to making flic- road beginiijg at a point on the (Sriflin anc[ Flat Shoal road near 1). M. Bell’s resi dence in the county of Butts running Sotith and intersecting fjL High-Fall and Griffin road, near V .' R. Sjuaiee’s d-welliiig, in Monroe County, Ga. j will on tle Ist Mondav in May 1881, grant dud order establishing said road', if'‘ne good cause is showrTto the contrary! . nu>r.2lbvi-t4 J. 1;R Carmichael, Ordinary B. ( . —l? .1' ■■■. Balcksmithing dune to order* I have employed a first class smith am prepared to’ do work promptly, aL kind of black-smith wqrk solicited foi cash or on account due October loth, shop, at Iron Spring. tf - Thos. Giles. •vm - ■ - ic’-'-T We have two Scholarships 61? term in two of the leading and most eminent, business colleges in the United States and and any young hian who desires to enter a first class business college can make it to their interest to consult- qs befog jnireleasing a scholarship. tf RYE A BECKHAM. ■ —hi; veers in— HARDWARE! IRON AND STEER, Table and J’vdvci Cutlery. Stoves. Tinware and H nuse fll r nishing Goods, Crockery, Glassware, Wood and Wi 1 low-ware, Harness, Saddles and Leather, Guns, Revolvers, Pow der, Shot. Caps aud Cartridges, Farming Implements and Planta tion Hardware, of all kinds at Bot tom Prices Lamps all grades, tile un rivaled “Fanner Girl ’ cooking stove. Al-o Agents for the cele brated Avery plow- & Wagons, at Potrbr A Hams old stand, Forsyth Ga.